Ha. Maybe one of these days I will be confident enough to give a one-word answer to a question rather than feeling the need to build a thesis around it. At least you came up with the same answer I did. I feel a little bit better now.

It is often said that Americans lack the ability to speak foreign languages. This is in large part because there is simply little to be gained from the effort to learn different language. Especially through the 19th and 20th centuries. As an American I could travel much of the world and do business virtually anywhere with out the need to speak another languange. We have a huge geographic area where there simply is no benefit to speaking a 2nd or 3rd language. Were I to live in Europe, in the 20th century I would need to speak english and for ease of travel 500 miles in any direction I probably would do well to speak another language.

I don't fault anyone for speaking multiple languages but During the years I was in school it would have been wasted effort to learn another language.

To be polite during my trip to Germany I did spend a week learning polite german and "Wo ist die Toilette" type of stuff. If I were to live in Germany there is no way that I would ever try with out learing German. I find it offensive that people live out their lives in America with out the courtesy of learning the primary language. My great grandfather saw to it that his children and family spoke the language of their addopted land. Besides being polite it is also critical to success.

Rant off

With America fast becoming just another player in the world I am having my children learn foreign languages. It is the wise thing to do, just as it is the wise thing for kids in Europe to learn languages for success.

It brings to mind words which imply a smoothness (lissome, glissade) which it may or may not be related to, but feels as though it might. So I would say polished as well....though come to think of it, there is a certain smooth and polishing movement to the other choices.

I don't know whether you mean "screw" in the literal sense, though, or as a synonym for "fuck", or whether they do, in fact, translate as synonyms in Portugese as well. If they do, I would be tempted to say all three options, but otherwise will just go with polished.

The answer was "The first, second and third options"."Lixado" can mean that either something was "lixado/a" (more or less: someone scrubbed it with sandpaper), or it can mean "screwed". While it is uncommon, it can also be translated to "fucked", although "fucked" is usually translated as "fodido/a".

Next word: Cadeira

Meaning in English:

Chair

Class (the school kind, but not the group of people; the kind where topics are taught)

Course (as in a college course)

The first and second options

The first, second and third options

None of the above

Logged

My names are many, yet I am One.-Orion, son of Fire and Light, Sol Invictus.

But aside from the illicit substances, and possibly the women's clothing (is that a necessary component?), the man gazing at his reflection and taking selfies would fall under the narcissist label in English as well. And it seems that in any case, the etymology would be the same. That's where I get confused, sometimes, because as languages evolve, a word which, even in the not-so-distant past might have been more or less synonymous with a similar word in another language, it has come to have another, more specific definition since, and ended up as a whole different animal.

The correct answer was either "Narcissus (the plant)" or "None of the above". Let me explain:Until very recently, I was unaware that "Narciso" was also the Portuguese name for "Narcissus". I was only aware of the plant.

Next word: Arma

Meaning in English:

Arm (the limb)

Arm (imperative, second person, singular)

Weapon

The first and second options

The second and third options

The first, second and third options

None of the above

Logged

My names are many, yet I am One.-Orion, son of Fire and Light, Sol Invictus.